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<p>Old WinRAR versions stored supplementary files like a registration key,
exported settings file settings.reg, themes or log file in the same folder
as WinRAR executable. In modern Windows versions it is not recommended to
store such data in the program folder. Software may even fail when trying
to do it. Recommended locations for application data are subfolders of
so called %APPDATA% folder.</p>

<p>To open %APPDATA% folder do the following: run Windows Explorer or open
"This PC" window, type %APPDATA% in address bar and then press Enter.
WinRAR stores its files in "WinRAR" subfolder of %APPDATA%. You may enter
%APPDATA%\WinRAR in Windows Explorer address bar to go directly to WinRAR
data folder.</p>

<p>Situations when you need to access %APPDATA%\WinRAR manually are rare.
Samples of such situations may include copying settings.reg to another
computer or browsing the error log file with some external viewer.</p>

<p>WinRAR searches for the registration key, themes and settings.reg
file both in %APPDATA%\WinRAR and in WinRAR program folder,
with %APPDATA%\WinRAR having precedence.</p>

<p>If you need to override the location of %APPDATA%\WinRAR, you can set
the string value "AppData" in Registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinRAR\Paths
containing a new path to WinRAR supplementary files.</p>

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